EPTTL Health and Fitness Initiative 2011 - Page 582
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Steeped
Canada87 Posts
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decafchicken
United States20078 Posts
On September 15 2011 02:07 Earll wrote: Thanks, Chalk is not allowed at my gym for whatever reason, ill look into the hook gripthough- if you put it in a zip lock bag and don't make a mess they probably won't care/notice. explain its for safety if someone says something  | ||
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phyre112
United States3090 Posts
@blackjack if your goals are endurance for its own sake and for health, go ahead and run. Were still probably going to tell you to lift once in a while anyway :p | ||
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Nazarene
Denmark996 Posts
3 rounds for time of: 1 deadlift, 160 kg 2 muscle ups 3 power cleans, 100 kg 4 handstand pushups 4:49 Both deadlift and power clean was pretty close to my 1 RM, so it was nice to be able to do it in a workout. Tomorrow is week 2 of Coan-Phillipi :-D! | ||
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BouBou.865
Netherlands814 Posts
On September 15 2011 00:17 funkie wrote: Congrats Bou! you the man! is this the same girl from the gym? ?No ESG was French, this girl is Dutch (: I'm at uni now. On sleeping: Sleeping on consistent hours is good obviously. How can I still maintain some social life in the weekends and keep my body in the groove as much as possible? Generally this is how it looks: Bedtime 22:30-45 Waky waky 7:30 Seems like a good amount of sleep to me for an eighteen year old. However sometimes I stay up a bit later (^^,). If I go to bed four hours later, does that mean I should try to get up four hours later too? And I don't last three hours of pounding obviously, but 'real' sex (not on the computer screen) actually has a frustrating amount of cuddling, kissing and other cardio bs. | ||
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decafchicken
United States20078 Posts
On September 15 2011 03:15 Nazarene wrote: Had a nice short and heavy workout today: 3 rounds for time of: 1 deadlift, 160 kg 2 muscle ups 3 power cleans, 100 kg 4 handstand pushups 4:49 Both deadlift and power clean was pretty close to my 1 RM, so it was nice to be able to do it in a workout. Tomorrow is week 2 of Coan-Phillipi :-D! Damn, I couldn't do a muscle up if my life depended on it. | ||
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BlackJack
United States10574 Posts
On September 15 2011 02:24 phyre112 wrote: @blackjack if your goals are endurance for its own sake and for health, go ahead and run. Were still probably going to tell you to lift once in a while anyway :p actually I hate cardio and would like to not do it, lol. I'm just under the impression that cardio is exercise for the heart and the heart is the most important muscle in the body. | ||
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AoN.DimSum
United States2983 Posts
On September 14 2011 15:15 Ludrik wrote: I've never done it with above max weights. But I have done iso holds at the bottom of the squat because I feel like it's the weakest part of my lift. Iso holds work! I just maxed back squat today. lol I smoked 165 for a pr. My coach stopped me, but I was sure I could grind out 170. Yesterday I did Iso holds from 120 all the way up to 240kg. Good stuff. Also my coach is making a documentary of the him and the gym. I'm in it a little bit lol. I'm not sure what's it for but I'll show it here when it comes out. | ||
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emperorchampion
Canada9496 Posts
On September 15 2011 05:42 BlackJack wrote: actually I hate cardio and would like to not do it, lol. I'm just under the impression that cardio is exercise for the heart and the heart is the most important muscle in the body. Lifting weights is cardio work as well. You will be super sexy/healthy if you lift weights and eat healthy. | ||
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glurio
Germany597 Posts
Whole day standing at work doesn't help with that. Was scared to do RDL with the weight is should've done it, because lower back felt really tight after squats. After second set with old RDL weight i upped, wasn't really a problem more a mental thing. Sleeping will be so good tonight. Boubou try to get 7+ hours of sleep, but it won't kill your gains or anything if you sleep less for a night or two. Just enjoy the weekends. | ||
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sJarl
Iceland1699 Posts
On September 15 2011 05:50 AoN.DimSum wrote: Iso holds work! I just maxed back squat today. lol I smoked 165 for a pr. My coach stopped me, but I was sure I could grind out 170. Yesterday I did Iso holds from 120 all the way up to 240kg. Good stuff. Also my coach is making a documentary of the him and the gym. I'm in it a little bit lol. I'm not sure what's it for but I'll show it here when it comes out. Oh I use iso holds. I just call them unracking the bar and then returning it. Primes your CNS like nothing else does! GJ on the PR! Sick stuff at your bw. | ||
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stevarius
United States1394 Posts
On September 15 2011 05:55 emperorchampion wrote: Lifting weights is cardio work as well. You will be super sexy/healthy if you lift weights and eat healthy. Lifting weights isn't significant enough to improve your cardiovascular health to great level. If you had to choose one or the other, the obvious choice would be to do weights, but he has the ability to do both cardio and weights yet he's determined to be lazy and withhold on an activity because he lacks the motivation to complete it. Lift, eat, cardio, go outside. Aerobic vs Anaerobic | ||
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Ohnoes92
Sweden76 Posts
My late dinner, after eating lunch both 12am and 4pm: + Show Spoiler + ![[image loading]](http://i.imgur.com/3MUEb.jpg) It's 3 potatoes, 1½ salmon filet and some salad. A small meal compared to my other meals, but I realised I have no idea of how many Calories im eating, and im basically just eating more and hoping to gain weight atm. Edit: Forgot to add that i just squatted 80kg ezpz after being stuck around 75kg for a while. Tbh felt like I had more reps in me and I didnt even have to grind the last reps. Felt like a total baws for the rest of the day | ||
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Malinor
Germany4732 Posts
Good job on the lifting though. Nothing feels better than a good lifting session. sJarl wrote: Oh I use iso holds. I just call them unracking the bar and then returning it. Primes your CNS like nothing else does! I started doing that too a couple of weeks ago, and it really has a nice effect. My work-sets feel so much lighter at the top-position. Don't know how much it helps with the actual lift though. | ||
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shinosai
United States1577 Posts
![[image loading]](http://i.imgur.com/VNzlo.png) chartGuys, question. I'm wondering if I'm nearing the end of my SS gains. I recently wrote down and plotted all my lifting data over the course of 16 weeks. I've had two major deloads on squats and one major for deadlifts. I think I have a little bit of progress left, but according to the SS wiki, at the next reset, it's time to switch to an intermediate. Does this sound correct looking at my graph, or do you think I have much farther to go? *Notes on graph: OHP reset was for form. Also recently had a minor Power clean reset for form. This graph takes the highest lifts from wednesday and friday sessions, usually consisting of 5rms. | ||
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Emporio
United States3069 Posts
But this can't be the best way to go about strengthening right? It's better to lift to the point where you couldn't have done more right? | ||
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Lemonwalrus
United States5465 Posts
Anyways, it seems the two lifts I am struggling with most are the arm lifts, so should I look into other lifts to help with that in addition to the 5 core lifts of S.S. or just stick with it and redo days that I fail the last work-set? Also, since I workout at home, I've been drinking water between sets, but now I realize that isn't really going to be possible in the gym, and for all I know it is bad to do so. Any thoughts? Already at about 1.4k calories today and still have 2 dinners ahead of me. I've never been a big eater so this is new for me and almost as hard as the lifts themselves.Just started a journal over at FitDay too. Edit: Also, I did a set of 5 and then a set of 4 (failure) of bench press at my work weight, then went down to the last sessions work weight and did a set of 5 instead of having another failed set. Was this the right choice? I've already decided I'm repeating today's failed weight next benching session. | ||
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Aerakin
185 Posts
On September 15 2011 08:19 Emporio wrote: What do you guys think about lifting without a partner? Obviously there are non-tangible benefits like increased motivation and accountability and competition, but in terms of trying to lift your max, whenever I am doing it by myself I always have to do a little less than I am capable of, both in weight and in reps so that I don't ever give out. But this can't be the best way to go about strengthening right? It's better to lift to the point where you couldn't have done more right? Personally, whenever I went to the gym, I went alone in the early morning. I was doing SL5x5 and did my stuff in a power cage so I could go all out. The only time I've failed a lift, it was a bench press. In the power cage, so I was fine without a spotter. And it was like 6AM, so there was nobody to care (yay nobody to laugh at me) | ||
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Cambium
United States16368 Posts
I would always spend too much time chatting with friends instead of lifting. | ||
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GoTuNk!
Chile4591 Posts
On September 15 2011 08:19 Emporio wrote: What do you guys think about lifting without a partner? Obviously there are non-tangible benefits like increased motivation and accountability and competition, but in terms of trying to lift your max, whenever I am doing it by myself I always have to do a little less than I am capable of, both in weight and in reps so that I don't ever give out. But this can't be the best way to go about strengthening right? It's better to lift to the point where you couldn't have done more right? Failing grind lifts (bench, squat, deadlift) is not necesary at all for progress, and in my opinion, counterproductive. Ofc u should be taking reasonably safety measures, like squatting heavy in a cage/with pins. I always train alone but ask someone to spot me at the bench so I dont tire my shoulders unracking the barbell on heavy sets during BP. @eshlow: I have my powerlifting meeting on 9 weeks from this monday, when I will be starting my last deadlift/bench cycle. I have never taken creatine, but I have 300 gr and I wanna know if it would help my performance. However, I am at the weight limit of my weight class, so I cant win more than 2 kilos the following 9 weeks. Do you think I should take it? How much ? I lift 4 days a week FWIW. | ||
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